The FBI and other law enforcement agencies will be able
to search multiple computers across the country with a single warrant
thanks to a controversial rule change that takes effect on Thursday.
The expanded search power, known as “Rule 41,”
is intended to make it easier for the FBI to carry out complex computer
investigations. Until now, the government could only carry out a search
of computers located in the district where the federal judge granted
the warrant—typically only a few counties in a given state.
The legal process for government hacking has been a contentious
topic, especially in light of a high profile investigation known as “Playpen”
in which the FBI placed tracking software on the computers of child
pornography suspects across the country. Some of these defendants have
successfully challenged their arrest on the grounds they lived outside
of the area described in the warrant.
Civil liberties groups have warned
Rule 41 represents a dangerous expansion of the government’s
surveillance power, and will lead law enforcement bodies to “forum
shop”—seeking warrants in districts where a judge is most likely to
grant them.
Paul Manafort left the Trump campaign back in August,
or did he? Sources confirm to The Daily Beast that he’s back advising
the president-elect.
Olivia Nuzzi Asawin Suebsaeng 11.30.16 9:35 PM ET
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts—Paul Manafort stood in the
foyer of the third-floor ballroom of the Charles Hotel, across the
street from the Taubman Building of the Harvard Kennedy School, on
Wednesday. Having left his mafioso uniform of gleaming pinstripe suit
and tie at home in favor of a half-zip sweater and casual slacks, he
went mostly unnoticed, even at an event for political operatives and
junkies, where a man of his status should be a star. And Harvard, it
turns out, is not the only place the ex-chairman of the Donald Trump presidential campaign and former lobbyist for some of the worst dictators and killers of the 20th century is operating in the shadows these days.
According to two sources with knowledge of
the Trump presidential transition process, Manafort—whose formal
association with the president-elect ended in August—is heavily involved with the staffing of the nascent administration.
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has generated an unceasing torrent of press attention that some estimate to be worth roughly $2 billion. Yet the central mystery at the very core of his persona—his inscrutable hairdo—has somehow, impossibly, remained unsolved. Until, perhaps, now. Read More
I wonder if Trumps own party is waiting to give him the 25th amendment bums rush when they realize ( they do already) that they can't control him????
When President-elect Donald Trump
ascends to the Oval Office on Inauguration Day, one of the institutions
that can serve as a check on his executive power will be the United
States Congress. And although Senate Democrats will likely have some
leverage in the form of the filibuster, that Congress will, for the near
future, be controlled by the GOP. So a good question to ask right now
is, “Will Congressional Republicans provide that vital check on
potential misrule?” To save everyone some time, I’ll spoil the ending: no. I mean, possibly yes, but probably no.
During the housing collapse following
the 2008 economic crisis, Mnuchin was one of several investors who
bought a failing bank and made tons of money foreclosing on homeowners,
and Ross ran a textile business that outsourced jobs overseas, and also
owned the Sago coal mine, where twelve miners were killed in a 2006
explosion. Let’s hear it for Donald Trump, champion of the Forgotten
Americans! Read
more at
http://wonkette.com/608922/team-of-evils-meet-the-latest-vulture-capitalists-in-donald-trumps-cabinet#JIRu62jDUHWackPT.99